Billiard-cue powderer.



V H. NAHM;

BILLIARD CUB POWDERER.

APPLIGATI N PILED OOT. zi, 1909.'

Patented Jine 7,1910.

ARDREW I. ORARI!! WASIINGTON. ll E HARRY NAHM, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

BILLIARD-CUE POWDERER.

Specificaton of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 21, 1909.

Patented June 7, 1910.

Serial No. 523344.

To all whom 'it may conam:

Be it known that I, HARRY NAHM, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Billiard-Cue Powderers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in cue powdering devices, and has for its object to provide means in each of the rails of the billiard or pool table, whereby the cues may be readily powdered or chalked so that they will easily slide through the fingers of the players.

Another object is to provide a device of this character consistng of a pool table having a plurality of substantially V-shaped recesses in the rails thereof, said recesses being covered by felt or other suitable fabric and adapted to receive talcum powder which may be applied to the cues by placing the same in the recesses and moving the cues over the powdered surface.

With these and other objects in View, the invention consists of the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts, hereinafter fully described and claimed, and illustrated in the accoinpanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a top plan View of a billiard table showing the cue receiving recesses in the rails thereof; Fig. 2 is a detail fragmentary perspective View of the table rail, showing a cue positioned in the powdering recess; and Fig. 3 is a section taken on the line 3- 3 of Fig. l.

In playing the games o ool and billiards, it is essential that pow ered chalk or talcun powder be applied to the cues so that they may freely move between the fingers of the players during the playing of the game. The perspiration of the hands frequently causes the cue to stick'as the stroke is being made, thus destroying the aim and purpose of the player and materially afiecting his playing abilities.

It is the object of the present invention to provide means whereby the cue chalk may be readily applied to the cues at all times without requiring, as at present, that the player sift the powderfrom a can into his hands and then apply the same upon the cue. This results in consider-able waste as the larger part of the powder falls to the floor or upon the players Clothes.

I attain the above ends by providing the side and end rails 6 of the billiard table 5 with the substantially V-shaped recesses 7. These recesses are also inclined upwardly from their outer to their inner ends and eX- tend the entire width of the rails, the point of the V extending to the inner edge of the rails. These recesses are covered with felt or other fabric, as clearly shown at 8 in Figs. 2 and 3. This material may be Secured by means of a suitable adhesive and receives the powder such as is commonly employed for the chalking of the cues. The fabric will retain the powder in the recesses for a considerable length of time, and may be renewecl when found desirable. As shown in Fig. 2, when it is desired to apply the chalk to the cue, the player places the cue in the recess and upon the fabric or felt thereon, and rapidly moves the same inwardly and outwardly across the rail. The chalk is thus easily and quickly applied to the cue without soiling the playcr`s Clothes and is at all times accessible.

In the application of the device to pool and billiard tables, the recesses may be arranged in the rails in any desired number.

As shown in the drawing, Wherein I have illustrated the ordinary billiard table, one of the recesses 7 is provided at the center of each of the side and end rails. This will aii'ord an easy 'and convenient chalking point which can be easily reached by the cue in the hands of the player, from whatever position in which he may be standing. In pool tables, the chalking recesses would preferably be located centrally between each of the side pockets and the ends of the rails, and in the end rails the recesses Would be formed at their respective Centers. If preferred, however, but two of the recesses may be provided in each of the side rails adj acent to the poclcets therein.

From the foregoing it will be seen that I have provided a cue chalking device which, while extremely simple, is very eiiicient and convenient in use. It obviates the necessity of providing powder cans for the use of the players and avoids the great waste of the powder which occasions considerable expense.

While I have shown and described the preferred form of the chalking recesses, it Will be understood that they may be of various shapes and sizes without departing from the essential features of the invention or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed is:

l. In a device of the character described, a pool or billiard table having a transversely extending recess inthe rail thereof, said recess extending the entire width of the rail and adapted to receive a suitable cue powder, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a device of the character described, a pool or billiard table having a transversely extending recess in the side and end rails thei-cof, said recesses extending the entire width of the rails, and a lining in said recesses adapted to receive a suitable cue powdcr, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a device of the character described, a pool or billiard table having atransversely extending recess in the rail thereof, said recess increasing in Width from the inner to the outer edge of the rail and having its base downvardly inclined, and a lining Secured in said recess adapted to receive a suitable cue powder, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. In a device of the character described, a pool or billiard table having a transversely extending V-shaped recess centrally provided in the side and end rails thereof, said recesses extending the entire Width of said rails, and a lining of fabric secured 'n sad recesses adapted to receive a suitab e' cue` powder, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

5. In a device of the character described, a pool or billiard table having a transversely extendng V-shaped recess in the side and end rails thereof, said recesses being inclined' upwardly from the outer edge of the rails and extending the entire width of the same, and a fabric lining for said recesses and adapted to receive a suitable cue powder, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

G. In a device of the character described, a pool or billiard table having a central transversely extending V-shaped recess in each of the rails thereof, said recesses being inclined upwardly froni the outer edge of the rails and extending the entire width thereof, a lining of 'felt Secured in said recesses adapted to receive a suitable cue powder, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

7. In a device of the character described, a pool or billiard table having a chalk receiving recess in each rail therof, said recesses being downwardly and outwardly inclined to the outer edge of the rail, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

HARRY NAHM. VVitnesses:

FRANCES NAHM, JANE THINKEL.- 

